State of Grace [Paperback]

From the author of the critically acclaimed bookThe Nightingale Songcomes an evocative and personal portrait of America during the time between the Good War and Vietnam.

Reviving the powerful themes of courage, manhood, and loss, Robert Timberg returns for his second book with a strikingly personal exploration of the generation that split along the fault line known as Vietnam.

Using as a backdrop the New York City sandlot football team he played for after high school, Timberg is able to evoke a devasting period in fine detail and vivid color as he tells the story of a troubled young boy that played running back growing into a strong man that attended the Naval Academy and set out to become a Marine officer.Robert Timbergis the author ofThe Nightingale's SongandJohn McCain, An American Odyssey.He served with the First Marine Division in South Vietnam from March 1966 to February 1967. He has worked atThe Baltimore Sunfor three decades as a reporter, editor and White House correspondent. Currently deputy chief of theSun'sWashington bureau, he lives in Bethesda, Md.